Leadership in the city of Cincinnati has been campaigning to develop a streetcar line, for quite some time, and it has been a controversial issue.

Here is the mayor and city manager promoting the initiative. During the last week, the city assembled $86 million for a rail and streetcar line that will connect the University of Cincinnati to downtown. Yesterday, city officials approved $64 million in bonds to support the project, according to The TransportPolitic.

City voters endorsed the measure this fall, despite an effort to block the initiative.

It is hoped that the streetcar will support the redevelopment of Cincinnati’s Over The Rhine neighborhood and other sites in the central city.

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